Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry International Report 2022: 100,000 Survivors

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Contributors

  • Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Member Centers Group - (Author)
  • Nicholas A Barrett - , Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (Author)
  • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
  • University of Utah Hospital
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • National Taiwan University Hospital
  • Emory University
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
  • National University of Singapore
  • Heart Institute
  • Medical City Children's Hospital
  • Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
  • University Hospital Regensburg
  • Hospitales Tec Salud
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • University of Queensland
  • Boston Children's Hospital

Abstract

The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) maintains the world's largest extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) registry by volume, center participation, and international scope. This 2022 ELSO Registry Report describes the program characteristics of ECMO centers, processes of ECMO care, and reported outcomes. Neonates (0-28 days), children (29 days-17 years), and adults (≥18 years) supported with ECMO from 2009 through 2022 and reported to the ELSO Registry were included. This report describes adjunctive therapies, support modes, treatments, complications, and survival outcomes. Data are presented descriptively as counts and percent or median and interquartile range (IQR) by year, group, or level. Missing values were excluded before calculating descriptive statistics. Complications are reported per 1,000 ECMO hours. From 2009 to 2022, 154,568 ECMO runs were entered into the ELSO Registry. Seven hundred and eighty centers submitted data during this time (557 in 2022). Since 2009, the median annual number of adult ECMO runs per center per year increased from 4 to 15, whereas for pediatric and neonatal runs, the rate decreased from 12 to 7. Over 50% of patients were transferred to the reporting ECMO center; 20% of these patients were transported with ECMO. The use of prone positioning before respiratory ECMO increased from 15% (2019) to 44% (2021) for adults during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Survival to hospital discharge was greatest at 68.5% for neonatal respiratory support and lowest at 29.5% for ECPR delivered to adults. By 2022, the Registry had enrolled its 200,000th ECMO patient and 100,000th patient discharged alive. Since its inception, the ELSO Registry has helped centers measure and compare outcomes across its member centers and strategies of care. Continued growth and development of the Registry will aim to bolster its utility to patients and centers.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131-143
Number of pages13
Journal ASAIO journal : official journal of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
Volume70
Issue number2
Early online date5 Jan 2024
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85184344909
Mendeley efd88750-d6fc-3a02-8e86-ac86c851c870

Keywords

Keywords

  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Humans, Patient Discharge, Adult, Registries, Retrospective Studies, Child, Infant, Newborn

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